Eva Maydell

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Eva Maydell
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
for Bulgaria
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Personal details
Born
Eva Paunova

(1986-01-26) 26 January 1986 (age 38)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Political partyCitizens for European Development
Other political
affiliations		European People's Party
EducationJohn Cabot University (BA)

Eva Maydell (born Paunova; 26 January 1986) is a Bulgarian politician. She is a Member of the European Parliament (EPP Group). [1]

Maydell was first elected to the European Parliament in 2014 at age 28, the youngest member of the EPP Group at the time. She was re-elected in 2019 and is serving her second term as an MEP.[2] Maydell was one of the lead negotiatiors on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act - the first law on AI in the world - and the EU Chips Act.

In the European Parliament, Maydell is Vice-Chair of the Delegation for Relations with Japan as well as part of the Delegation for relations with the United States. Her policy priorities include innovation and the use of new technologies to support European competitiveness as well as fostering cooperation among global likeminded partners in the tech and democracy space.

Eva Maydell is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She has been awarded the European Parliament’s MEP of the Year award twice. She was featured in Forbes' "30 under 30" Europe selection and in the “POLITICO28” list of people who shape Europe.[3]

Early life and education[edit]

Eva Maydell was born in Sofia on 26 January 1986. She is an alumna of John Cabot University in Rome.[4]

Political career[edit]

Maydell stood for the European Parliament elections and became one of Bulgaria's seventeen MEPs on 1 July 2014.[4] At the time, she was the youngest member of the EPP Group.[5] In her first term from 2014 until 2019, she served on the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON).[6] During her first mandate, Maydell served as Rapporteur of the cross-border payments regulation which managed to lower tenfold banking transaction taxes for non-Eurozone countries.

In 2019, Maydell was reelected to the European Parliament where she continues to serve on the ECON committee and on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE).[7] She was elected Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Japan and continued to be part of the Delegation for relations with the United States.[7] Maydell was one of the lead negotiatiors on the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act - the first law on AI in the world - and the EU Chips Act. She also played a key role in EU cybersecurity legislation the Network Information Security Directive, and the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act. Maydell also served as the EPP Group Coordinator/Speaker in the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age.[8]

Maydell is the Coordinator of the Young Members Network of the EPP Group comprising over 30 Members of the European Parliament and 350 members of EU national parliaments.[9][10] She is also a Vice-Chair of SME Europe.[11]

Other activities[edit]

In 2024, Maydell launched the Council on the Future at the 60th annual Munich Security Conference. The Council on the Future is meant to bridge the collaboration and foresight gap that exist when it comes to emerging technologies’ impact on societiy. The Council’s mission is to promote the thoughtful stewardship of technology and it was endorsed by over 30 leading voices in tech and AI.

In 2022, Maydell was chosen to be a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She is also a Board Member of the World Economic Forum's Digital Leaders of Europe and a Member of the Global Future Council of Europe.[12]

Maydell is also the initiator of the yearly "Regulation4Innovation" conference in Brussels which brings together experts from the public and private sector in the field of technology to discuss the latest developments in the sector.[13] The 2022 edition of Regulation4Innovation featured Garry Kasparov, Eric Schmidt, and leading AI figures and had an audience of over 400 people in Brussels and across the world.

In 2017, Maydell was the first woman and first Eastern European elected as President of European Movement International (EMI).[14] In her role as President of the EMI for six years, Maydell hosted pan-European conferences, meetings, and initiatives that promoted European unity and concrete proposals to tackle some of Europe's biggest problems.[15]

In 2015, Maydell co-founded "Education Bulgaria 2030" - a non-profit association of more than 40 organizations and individuals, which aims to motivate young people to develop their knowledge and skills and encourages businesses to hire young people. One of the organization's main goals is to reduce functional illiteracy by 2030 and to modernize the Bulgarian educational curriculum.[16][17]

Maydell is a member of the council of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), a member of the board of trustees of Friends of Europe, and a Global Advisor of the Apolitical Foundation..[18][19][20]

Recognition[edit]

  • World Economic Forum Young Global Leader Class of 2022
  • POLITICO's 2018 Women who shape Brussels[21]
  • European Young Leader by Friends of Europe in 2017[22]
  • Forbes' "30 under 30" Europe selection 2016[3]
  • "POLITICO 28" list of people who shape Europe Class of 2015 [23]
  • In 2015, Parliament Magazine named Maydell the European Parliament's "Best newcomer"[24][25]
  • In 2017, Parliament Magazine awarded Maydell the European Parliament's "New Technologies” award[26]
  • POLITICO's 40 most influential MEPs
  • The Financial Times' Top 100 Most Influential Persons in Central and Eastern Europe[27]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eva Maydell.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "European elections: MEP lists country-by-country (Complete)". theparliamentmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  2. ^ "Home | Eva MAYDELL | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  3. ^ a b "Eva Paunova, 29". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  4. ^ a b Troev, Theodor (26 November 2015). "Tapping the talent of Generation D would be a key stroke for EU". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  5. ^ Waller, Luke (2 December 2015). "Eva Paunova Bulgaria: The Rising Star".
  6. ^ "8th parliamentary term | Eva MAYDELL | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  7. ^ a b "9th parliamentary term | Eva MAYDELL | MEPs | European Parliament". europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  8. ^ EPP Group [@EPPGroup] (September 9, 2020). "The EPP Group today elected its leaders in five newly-set-up Parliamentary committees. These are our Coordinators (the speakers) in their respective committees: BECA @FranssenCindy FISC @lidiafopereira INGE @jeroen_lenaers AIDA @EvaMaydell ANIT @MEPDanielBuda https://t.co/vObI6XEYZA" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Eva Maydell". TheGrid2020Exposure.com. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  10. ^ Paunova, Eva [@EvaMaydell] (June 19, 2019). "Together with our Chairman @ManfredWeber the @EPPGroup send the strong signal that the Young Members Network will continue to be involved in shaping policies and addressing the challenges faced by the 🇪🇺. #ambitiouseurope https://t.co/wNxZTEJuZk" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Group". SME Europe. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  12. ^ "Eva Maydell", Wikipedia, 2024-04-21, retrieved 2024-05-07
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  14. ^ "The European Movement International Elects New President and Board | EMI". web.archive.org. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  15. ^ Secretariat, European Movement International Youth (1953). Europe (in French).
  16. ^ "Ева Майдел: Работим до 2030 г. всички млади да завършват средно образование функционално грамотни - Труд". trud.bg (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  17. ^ "EduBG2030 | Образование България 2030". Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  18. ^ Friends of Europe appoints 29 new members to its Board of Trustees Friends of Europe, press release of June 25, 2020.
  19. ^ Members of the Council
  20. ^ "Our Advisors | ApoliticalFoundation". ApoliticalFoundation. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  21. ^ "The tech MEP gang". POLITICO. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  22. ^ Friends of Europe. "European Young Leaders". Friends of Europe. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  23. ^ "EVA PAUNOVA". POLITICO. 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  24. ^ "MEP Awards 2015: A few words from the winners". The Parliament Magazine. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  25. ^ "Bulgaria's Eva Paunova 'European Parliament's Best Newcomer' in 2015". Novinite. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  26. ^ "MEP awards 2017: A few words from the winners". The Parliament Magazine. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  27. ^ "Europe's Road to Growth: The judges". ft.com. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2020-10-17.


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